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Mom denies son shot Baltimore police officer

The mother of the man accused of shooting a Baltimore City police officer says her son didn't do it, even though he turned himself in to police. George Lettis has more on the investigation into the shooting of Sgt. Keith McNeill.

The mother of the man accused of shooting a Baltimore City police officer says her son didn't do it, even though he turned himself in to police. George Lettis has more on the investigation into the shooting of Sgt. Keith McNeill.

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Updated: 6:58 AM EDT Mar 18, 2014

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WEBVTT COM AND OUR MOBILE APP -- ON WWW.WBALTV.COM AND OUR MOBILE APP. THE MOTHER OF A MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER SAYS HER SON DIDN'T DO IT. THAT COMES A DAY AFTER THE SUSPECT GREGG THOMAS TURNED HIMSELF IN. GEORGE IS LIVE AT SHOCK TRAUMA WHERE SERGEANT KEITH MCNEILL REMAINS TONIGHT. THE CONDITION OF THE SERGEANT REMAINS CRITICAL. HIS CONDITION HAS NOT IMPROVED SINCE HE HAD SURGERY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE MOTHER OF THE MAN UNDER ARREST SAID SHE WAS SHOCKED WHEN SHE FOUND OUT HER SON WAS PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE. DO YOU THINK YOUR SON SHOT THAT POLICE OFFICER? NO, I DON'T. SHARON WALK CERTIFICATE THE MOTHER OF GREGG THOMAS. HE'S THE 34-YEAR-OLD WHO AFTER A TWO-DAY MANHUNT TURNED HIMSELF INTO POLICE SUNDAY FOR THE SHOOTING OF BALTIMORE CITY POLICE OFFICER KEITH MCNEILL. HE WAS SITTING IN HIS TRUCK OUT DOING PERSONAL ERRANDS WHEN SOMEONE SHOT HIM MULTIPLE TIMES. I KNOW HE WOULDN'T SHOOT NO POLICE OFFICER. THE WHOLE STORY ISN'T COMING OUT LIKE IT SUPPOSED TO. SHE COULD NOT PRODUCE ANY EVIDENCE TO PROVE HIS INNOCENCE. SHE HAS NOT SPOKEN TO HIM. IF HE DIDN'T DO IT, WHY DO YOU THINK HE TURNED HIMSELF IN TO BE ARRESTED? BECAUSE HE DON'T WANT NOBODY HUNTING HIM DOWN. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR HIM SO HE MIGHT AS WELL TURN HIMSELF IN. THOMAS WAS IDENTIFIED BY WITNESSES WHO PICKED HIM OUT OF PHOTOS. A MOTIVE IS STILL UNKNOWN. WHAT IS KNOWN IS THOMAS HAS A VIOLENT PAST. IN EARLY 2,000 HE TOOK A HUMAN LIFE AND WENT TO PRISON AND GOT OUT EARLY. HE AMBUSHED MY OFFICER. GREGG THOMAS IS A COWARD. THAT WAS YEARS AGO. IS HE SORRY FOR WHAT HE DID THEN? YEAH. WALKER HAS THIS MESSAGE FOR HER SON. I LOVE HIM AND I'LL BE THERE FOR HIM. ANYTHING TO SAY TO THE FAMILY OR THE POLICE OFFICER? I'M SORRY WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. AND IT TURNS OUT POLICE TELL US ALSO ON SUNDAY SHARON WALKER AND TWO OTHER RELATIVES WERE ARRESTED ON OUTSTANDING WARRANTS

Mom denies son shot Baltimore police officer

The mother of the man accused of shooting a Baltimore City police officer says her son didn't do it, even though he turned himself in to police. George Lettis has more on the investigation into the shooting of Sgt. Keith McNeill.